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21) V for vendetta
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English
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V, an anarchist revolutionary dressed in a Guy Fawkes mask, begins an elaborate, violent, and intentionally theatrical campaign to murder his former captors, bring down the government, and convince the people to rule themselves.
22) 1984
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Publisher
Debolsillo
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
349 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
Español
Description
"En el año 1984 Londres es una ciudad lúgubre en la que la Policía del Pensamiento controla de forma asfixiante la vida de los ciudadanos. Winston Smith es un peón de este engranaje perverso, su cometido es reescribir la historia para adaptarla a lo que el Partido considera la versión oficial de los hechos... hasta que decide replantearse la verdad del sistema que los gobierna y somete."--Amazon.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 78 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
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Español
Description
In 1976, during the Argentine military dictatorship, an event called the Night of the Blackout occured in Ledesma. This black out was a well coordinated connivance between the military government and powerful economic interests
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 30 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Since 1962, Burma has been ruled by a military junta. Life has deteriorated markedly for its citizens. Despite its former prosperity and its rich resources, it was voted least developed nation by the UN in 1987, and human rights atrocities continue to prevail. Forced from their homes by the government, more than 100,000 people live in refugee camps along the border between Burma and Thailand; hundreds of thousands more hide in jungles on the Burma...
25) Burma Diary
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 55 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
This powerful and universallyacclaimed documentary explores the revolutionary movement fighting for democracy in Burma and depicts how young people, in particular, are affected by the human rights abuses of Burma's dictatorial military government.
26) We: a novel
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Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021].
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
290 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In a glass-enclosed city of perfectly straight lines, ruled over by an all-powerful "Benefactor," the citizens of the totalitarian society of OneState are regulated by spies and secret police; wear identical clothing; and are distinguished only by a number assigned to them at birth. That is, until D-503, a mathematician who dreams in numbers, makes a discovery: he has an individual soul. He can feel things. He can fall in love. And, in doing so, he...
27) Animal farm
Publisher
Hallmark Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
Edition
Fullscreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When some barnyard animals assume leadership of a prosperous farm they learn that some animals are more equal than others.
28) Fahrenheit 451
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 100 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In a not too distant future, humans live a seemingly care-free existence where they're happy and productive. There is a "price" though for this life: They must place special drops in their eyes daily and follow the rules perfectly, including the rule that they never own or read books. Guy Montag is a firefighter. He doesn't fight fires though, but instead hunts down those people who refuse to follow the law and burns their books. Like everyone else,...
29) Metropolis
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 148 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Metropolis can now be appreciated in its full glory! It is, as A.O. Scott of the New York Times declared, "A fever dream of the future. At last we have the movie every would-be cinematic visionary has been trying to make since 1927."
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English
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After an endless slew of best sellers dwelling upon the dastardly deeds of Donald Trump, at last an unvarnished look at the real threat we face as a nation when we complacently ignore evil that has hidden in plain sight for years.
Whether you have sheltered in place to the left or to the right of the commendable gooey center of this "American Life", The Deplorables: America Interrupted will challenge your conception of the events occurring over the...
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English
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Get the Summary of Richard Evans's The Coming of the Third Reich in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Otto von Bismarck's governance, marked by suppression of liberal ideologies and militarization, laid the groundwork for the Third Reich by fostering authoritarianism and nationalism. The ineffective Anti-Socialist Law paradoxically strengthened the Social Democratic Party, making it a significant political force....
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Español
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Un fantasma recorre el mundo de hoy, y no es precisamente el comunismo, sino una nueva derecha que gana espacios en Europa, los Estados Unidos y América Latina y que, ya sea por rechazo o perplejidad, casi nadie entiende. El historiador Enzo Traverso, genial analista de las ideas contemporáneas, pone la lupa sobre las nuevas caras de la derecha que, atenta a las fluctuaciones de la opinión pública, jugó como nunca antes la carta de la institucionalidad...
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Deutsch
Description
Die Flugblätter der Weißen Rose Als Fließtext, und zusätzlich mit den Original-Flugblättern Vollständig verlinkt und mit eBook-Inhaltsverzeichnis Mit einem Begleitwort des Herausgebers "Nichts ist eines Kulturvolkes unwürdiger, als sich ohne Widerstand von einer verantwortungslosen und dunklen Trieben ergebenen Herrscherclique regieren zu lassen. Ist es nicht so, dass sich jeder ehrliche Deutsche heute seiner Regierung schämt, und wer von...
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Español
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El triunfo de Trump en Estados Unidos y el ascenso de la extrema derecha en Europa alertan sobre la emergencia de un "nuevo fascismo".
Un libro para entender, de la mano de los más prestigiosos analistas como Noam Chomsky, Chantal Mouffe, Ignacio Ramonet, Wolfgang Streeck, Judith Butler, entre otros, porqué este movimiento gana cada vez más adeptos en el resto del mundo.
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Deutsch
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Susanne Kerckhoff: Berliner Briefe Für die eBook-Ausgabe neu lektoriert, voll verlinkt, mit eBook-Inhaltsverzeichnis und Fußnoten Die ersten fünf Jahre nach dem Ende des Naziregimes erscheinen aus heutiger Sicht wie eine black box. Es war auf deutscher Seite eine Zeit der Scham, des sich Unsichtbarmachens, der kollektiven Verdrängung was zur Folge hatte, dass es damals kaum literarische oder journalistische Zeitschau gab. Im Gegensatz dazu sind...
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¿Por qué no pasan los 70? ¿Cómo se activan hoy esos años traumáticos, marcados por la militancia revolucionaria y la barbarie dictatorial? Cuando vuelven, ¿vuelven como un pasado que puede aportar perspectiva para entender los dilemas de este tiempo, o como un material que resulta banalizado o utilizado en la disputa política y partidaria? ¿Cómo entender las reacciones al fallo de la Corte que abría el camino al 2x1 para procesados por...
37) La tumba vacía
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Español
Description
El fascismo triunfó en España y estuvo 40 años aquí. Franco vivo juntaba un millón de personas en la Plaza de Oriente; y ese mismo millón cuando murió, haciendo colas de horas para verlo. Reunían a esa cantidad de gente porque aquí había un páramo ideológico, porque habían aniquilado a la oposición política; y un páramo intelectual, porque habían aniquilado a los intelectuales y dejaron al pueblo sin voz. Era un franquismo sociológico...
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English
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Get the Summary of Alex Jones and Kent Heckenlively's The Great Awakening in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Great Awakening" by Alex Jones and Kent Heckenlively examines the potential dangers of artificial intelligence (AI) and the implications of technological advancements on humanity. The authors discuss the risks of AI, referencing an incident where an AI drone attacked its human operator, and Elon Musk's...
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"We are at war, in WWIII for many decades now. We have been systematically targeted on different fronts and locations. Alas, my beloved America has not recognized it yet..." This nonfiction work chronicles the development of world politics in the 21st century. Discover the single driving force behind today's threat of global terrorism. Learn why the 9/11 attack was just one link in a long chain of battles against Western civilization and how Islam...
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Get the Summary of Michael Nehls's The Indoctrinated Brain in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Indoctrinated Brain" by Michael Nehls explores the societal and psychological impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, suggesting that the response to the virus and the push for a Great Reset are part of a strategy to erode constitutional freedoms and establish a technocratic regime. Nehls compares current events to dystopian...
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